Stuck fast: Walmart shopper ends up in hospital after April Fool's prankster spreads superglue all over toilet seat

Sticky situation: A man was superglued to a toilet seat in Walmart in a suspected April Fool's prank

A Walmart shopper was left screaming for help after he fell victim to a prankster who smeared superglue all over a toilet seat in a Maryland store - the day before April Fool's.

The 48-year-old man only realised what had happened when he tried to stand up and found he was stuck firmly to the seat.

Police wouldn't reveal how long he was trapped inside the restroom, but said the industrial adhesive was so strong they couldn't unstick him there.

Instead, they had to unbolt the entire toilet seat and take it, with the man still attached, to Union Hospital, Cecil County.

Doctors eventually managed to remove the seat, leaving the victim with minor injuries to his buttocks.

If officers track down the prankster he could face charges of second-degree assault.

Police, firefighters and paramedics were all called to the Elkton store at about 7pm on March 31, after a Walmart employee heard the man's desperate cries for help.

At first they thought the caller was playing an April Fool's trick, but when they arrived they realised the joke was far more advanced than a prank call.

Lieutenant Matthew Donnelly, of the Elkton Police Department, told the Newark Post: 'At the scene, they had to remove the toilet seat from the toilet. They
unbolted the seat and then took him out with it still attached to him.'

No joke: The glue was so strong rescuers couldn't remove unstick the man in the store, instead taking him to hospital with the seat still attached

He would not be drawn on what the officers used to remove the seat, citing medical privacy laws, but CNN reports it took them 15 minutes to get the man out of the stall.

Police believe the man was the unfortunate victim of a random prank.

Lieutenant Donnelly said: 'The man was not targeted. He just happened to be the first one who sat on the toilet after the superglue was put there.'

But they are not treating it as a joke. He told the Post: 'We consider this to be a second-degree assault case. It's no different than any other crime, where we don't have a suspect.

'We still respond to the scene, make a report and investigate.'

He added: 'This is definitely a first for us, at least that I can remember.'

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Walmart shopper in hospital after April Fool's prankster spreads superglue on toilet seat